Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

Pete from Boston: "That neck was wicked long, kid." ("wicked" = very, in New England.) What did the long neck look like from above?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neck, long neck · What happens: be, do, look

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Pete from Boston: "That neck was wicked long, kid."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Boston	compound
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Boston	case
3	Boston	Boston	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 long	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 long	punct
6	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 neck	det
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 long	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 long	cop
9	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 long	amod
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Boston	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Boston	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that neck					long property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: ("wicked" = very, in New England.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 very	punct
6	very	very	ADV	_	3 wicked	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 England	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 England	case
9	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 England	flat
10	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wicked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What did the long neck look like from above?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neck	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 neck	amod
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	ccomp
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 above	case
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 above	case
9	above	above	ADV	_	6 look	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							tree rules
2	look	present	the long neck						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

A tree trunk with no leaves on top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 trunk	det
2	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trunk	compound
3	trunk	trunk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 leaves	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 leaves	det
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trunk	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leaves	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A very long neck stretching up from a sea of green leaves, with a small head on top

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 neck	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 long	advmod
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 neck	amod
4	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	stretching	stretch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 neck	acl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 stretching	compound:prt
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stretching	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 leaves	case
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 leaves	amod
12	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sea	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 head	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 head	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 head	det
16	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 head	amod
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stretching	obl
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 top	case
19	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 head	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch up	gerund	a long neck not said here			a sea of green leaves		with a small head on top	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from sea=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A stalk rising out of a sea of green leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stalk	det
2	stalk	stalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stalk	acl
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 sea	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rising	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 leaves	case
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leaves	amod
10	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	gerund	a stalk not said here			a sea of green leaves			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out sea=Location

Option 4

A thin pole in the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pole	det
2	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pole	amod
3	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 grass	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pole	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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